Grace Newhaven

Email outlets across Australia

In Australia, people travelling by bicycle may find communications relatively difficult. While phones are increasingly available across Australia, they are still generally expensive, and are in effect a one-way communication system for the cyclist - the traveller can make calls, but it is much more difficult for other callers to make contact with the cyclist.

The post office can be useful for some purposes, but - since the advent of the Internet - anyone used to the immediacy and convenience of e-mail will appreciate using it on the road as much as they do at home or work.

In particular, a mobile e-mail allows your friends to contact you wherever you happen to be - for a fraction of the cost and difficulty of other means.

Some ISP's provide a facility to access your home account remotely. Alternatively, you can arrange a free account with a provider like Hotmail.com. - it only takes a few minutes to set up !

In Australia, Internet cafés provide walk-in e-mail services for a range of prices, (eg Coober Pedy $8.00/ hr) , while public libraries may even be free (though this surely cannot last!). In remote areas, public libraries are often combined with local school libraries.

In South Australia, the Public Library Network is available at http://www.plain.sa.gov.au/libs.html

For Australia, Internet cafes are listed at Australian Internet Cafe Guide

http://www.gnomon.com.au/publications/netaccess/

and http://www.netcafeguide.com/australia.htm

There are also internet machines located in many bus terminals across Australia.

Worldwide directories of www cafes and other outlets exist at http://www.netcafeguide.com/mapindex.htm

http://www.netcafes.com/ | http://eyesite.simplenet.com/eurocybercafes/index.html

If you are technically inclined, you may find the gadgets at

http :// www.pocketmail.com may be of interest.

Brian Desousa has a web page showing a Palm Pilot setup while touring:

http://briandesousa.com/palm/travel.htm

The US "NBG - Pocket Mail Program" is an offer for cyclists

http://www.bikeroute.com/NBG2000/PocketMail.html

"How to stay wired while travelling around Australia" ( a caravan site) http://www.ozemail.com.au/~adryan/caravan/net/index.htm

If you know of other email resources that would be useful to add to this page, please eMail them to Grace <gloria@chariot.net.au>

2001 / September 3

New South Wales & ACT | Victoria | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | Tasmania | Northern Territory | Contributors - Thanks everyone ! | email a facility | similar sites

".. most of the Libraries and some of the visitors centres in Victoria are free.."

NB : most SA public libraries currently provide free www & e-mail access. The following libraries confirmed ( 2000 / Dec) : Kingston, Millicent, Port Augusta, Woomera

'… All through Tassie: government initiative of "online access centres" . Pay one off fee of about $20 a year, and they have unlimited access in all big towns and some small ones….[ Editor : there is a useful hard copy brochure " Tasmanian Communities On-line" with a list of outlets ]….Also , join the library system in Tas. Free e-mail. Borrow books and return them anywhere, the libraries are a state wide network!…" Belinda.

 Contributors…..

Andy Kennedy , Belinda Van Straaten, Bob & Claire Rogers, Paul Ratcliffe, Jamie Cook, Grace Newhaven, Randy Miller, Catherine Langbridge…….

 Similar sites

NetSpots – internet access points across Australia www.noie.gov.au/netspots

Locations of Telecentres and Telecottages in Australia: http://www.teleservices.net.au/

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